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US not responsible for surge of violence in Sinaloa, American ambassador tells Mexico
U.S. Ambassador Ken Salazar has rejected accusations by Mexico’s president that the U.S. shares some responsibility for cartel violence in Sinaloa state.
Mexican president blames the US for bloodshed in Sinaloa as cartel violence surges
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has blamed the United States in part for the surge in cartel violence terrorizing the northern state of Sinaloa which has left at least 30 people dead in the past week.
Mexican president calls on ex-security secretary to show proof of alleged cartel ties
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is demanding that former secretary of public security Genaro García Luna, who was convicted on drug trafficking charges in the United States last year, present evidence to support his accusations that the president has links to drug trafficking.
At least 30 killed as factions of the Sinaloa Cartel clash in northern Mexico
At least 30 people have been killed in the past two weeks in Mexico’s northern state of Sinaloa as two factions of the powerful Sinaloa cartel continue to clash.
Mexican drug cartel leader will be transferred from Texas to New York
A federal judge says that a powerful Mexican drug cartel leader who was arrested over the summer in the U.S. can be transferred from Texas to New York to face charges there.
Mexico suggests US made a deal with Mexican drug lord to get his brother transferred from prison
Prosecutors in Mexico are suggesting U.S. authorities made a deal with a Mexican drug lord who turned in himself and another capo to get his brother transferred out of a U.S. prison.
Mexico to bring charges against capo, not for drugs, but for turning over another drug lord to US
The strange saga of how two Mexican drug lords were detained after landing in a plane in the United States in July just got stranger.
Sinaloa cartel infighting rises in northern Mexico following the detention of 2 drug lords in July
The murders of about a dozen people in the northern Mexico state of Sinaloa appear to be linked to cartel infighting, something authorities had feared would follow the July 25 detention of two top cartel leaders.
A gunshot, a murdered rival and a kidnapped drug lord: Mexico's ruling party faces growing scandal
It was surprising when Mexico's most-wanted drug lord landed at an airfield near El Paso, Texas in July.
Mexican prosecutors consider treason charges after US jails drug lord ‘El Mayo’ Zambada
The United States managed to arrest Mexico’s most-wanted drug lord, but Mexican prosecutors — and the president — now say they are considering bringing treason charges against those who handed him over.
Mexican drug lord 'El Mayo' Zambada says he was ambushed and kidnapped before being taken to the US
Mexican drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada has said that he was ambushed and kidnapped when he thought he was going to meet the governor of the northern state of Sinaloa.
US ambassador confirms Mexican drug lord Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada was brought to US against his will
The U.S. ambassador to Mexico has confirmed that drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada was brought to the United States against his will when he arrived in Texas in July on a plane along with fellow drug lord Joaquín Guzmán López.